It was a bash! Dodgeball action, Detlef Schrempf, and other wild scenes from GeekWire’s giant 5th anniversary party

The ping pong and foosball action at Thursday’s GeekWire Bash once again delivered thrilling competition with top-notch quality of play.

But for our fifth Anniversary Bash, we expanded beyond those games and went big — like, really big.

It was a blast hosting our annual party, presented by Point Inside, for Seattle’s buzzing tech community last night at the massive CenturyLink Events Center, where more than 1,500 people joined us for dodgeball, basketball, video games, beer pong, cornhole, sumo wrestling, March Madness, massages, and of course, action-packed sold-out ping pong and foosball tournaments.

With double the amount of attendees and a much larger space, our epic geek carnival reached new levels. The inaugural dodgeball tournament was a big hit, with 16 local companies — including Avvo, Rover.com and Portent — bringing their respective squads for some awesome matches.

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It was also cool seeing local star athletes like Sonics legend Detlef Schrempf and Sounders FC veteran Brad Evans — who were both at our first Anniversary Bash five years ago — join us again, with Evans playing some FIFA on the Xbox with local CEOs, and Schrempf battling attendees 1-on-1 with games of H-O-R-S-E (last night, it was G-E-E-K).

We’ll have more highlights from the Bash in the coming days. In the meantime, enjoy some more photos below, including some fun ones from the photo booth. Once again, thanks so much for joining us for the GeekWire Bash.

Qumulo CEO Peter Godman faces off in a game of FIFA with Sounders FC defender Brad Evans.

Seattle Sounder Brad Evans at the 2016 GeekWire Bash.

Sonics legend Detlef Schrempf strokes another jumper at the GeekWire Bash last week in Seattle.

Former NBA star Detlef Schrempf challenges a guest to a game of G-E-E-K.

The Tune team will look to defend their dodgeball crown at this year’s GeekWire Bash.

The team from Tune takes home the trophy at the 2016 GeekWire Bash. (GeekWire photo)

Even Seattle Sounder Chad Marshall loves a little ping pong!

Seattle Sounder goalkeeper Stefan Frei, center, at the 2016 GeekWire Bash, along with an attendee and a mysterious unicorn. (GeekWire Photo)

Classic arcade games. Yes!

Photo via Brett Greene.

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Taylor Soper is a GeekWire staff reporter who covers a wide variety of tech assignments, including emerging startups in Seattle and Portland, the sharing economy and the intersection of technology and sports. Follow him @taylor_soper and email taylor@geekwire.com.